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MAILS.. .ARkivlrs—t corunna,.l.Gottenburgli, i Lii.iblin. 2 Watei ' turd. DUE -1 Gottenburgh, i Malta, 1 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS rills DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. CCMOIS 66i Red. Arai, - - THE SU N. - . 50i.8.M QV:S DICIRL FALSUM AUDIAT? - k 0 D 0 N, TkIIIRSPAY, DECEMBER 1, 1808. IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE ragu;SP.AIN. We art at . lerigth enable(' to lay before our Readers authentic and official intelligence from ,S r min. Government this morning received Dis- Tatches, wfiich were brought by the Favoririte Sloop. These Dispatches were dated from . Corunna, the 23a ult. and from San Vincente . de la Barquera the igth, They state, that the account of General BLAKE being defeated is confirmed. He was engaged in continual aEtions from the 4th till the 13th ult. Oti the t. t th, the Asttirians laying heed worsted on the left, the French got possession of a " height which covered the road on which they retreated, and they were thrown into , reat confusion, and General BLAKE retired on Reynosa ; but a French column appearing on this road from Burgos, be,retreated by Soto, to San Vincente de la Barituera. Here, upon the 17th, ite:bad colleaed near 20,000 of his troops, and the Marquis DE LA ROMANA had taken the command, and 'hey would soon be in a state to advance again. The French had occupied St. Andero and San- tom; the former on the 16th, and the latter on the 2 - oth; but by the exertions of Gen.cral'LEtiH, all the provisions, ammunition, and stores sent by this Country bad been removed. It appezrs that a part of the Army of Estrema- Jura bad .been defeated near Burgos, but there are no- accounts of 'their 'having advanced beyond it.— General MOORE had arrived on the lOth at Sala manca, and General limicrEs was at Astorga. Such, we have reason to believe, is the substance of the Dispatches received by Government, b►ut pri- rate letters say that the Frtuch corps that had been advanced towards Valladolid had retreated to Burgos. We have received Spanish Topers to the 24th ult. extracts from Which will be found in our Subsequent columns. Sir H, BURRARD has arrived at Spithead in the dimelia .te. A of twenty millions of frorius 6 to :,be opeßed in Westphalia, for the payment of the con tributions due :o the French Government. The sum twat of the loan. is W be divided into ion,pop t?entt.:res of 200 each ; Abe repayment of_the. -ql)ital and interest, the revenue'of the State is to wortgaged, arming from the ,sinki4g fAud and the forests. , • - • • • The Pt - 0,3;e4, Of Ireland are soliciting Govnent fora general privilege of franking, to coram,va with the .riglisa Bench ; at present, only the two Irish BiSikips who (lave seats. in the douse of 1.4 Na dur.- - ing the Sessions, epjoy this ppivilege. • '' ° Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, HIS 'MAJESTY arrived at the Queen's Palace, trout Windsor,: where, he was received by : the Dukes: of It Otix, KENT, CAMBRIDGE and SUSSEX. • At two o'clock HIS MAJESTY held a private Le vee, which was attended by, The Lord Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council, the First Lord ut the Treasury, tne three Secretaries'of State, the First Lord or the Admiralty, the Master-General of the Ordnance,; the President of Mc:Board ut T rade, theludge Ad vocal,l E a rl Yowls, Lords Clive and Heathheld, General Despard, Captains M. S;;:y inuur, Cathcart, and Blennerhasset. I The following had the honour of being presented to His MAJESTY-: i Capt..in Michael Seymour, of the Royal Navy, who so highly distinguished hiniseit in the late engagement in the coininal:d of the Amethyst, upon his return to F.:Nl:intl. Captain BiennerhasSet, w hu, served on board the Amethyst, • - a, Lieutern.nt, in tile action, upon his promotion. The Rev: Dr. King, upoi his promotion to the Bishop ' kik of Roehestet.'; L Lord Clive, by his father, Earl Povvis. General. Despard, upon his' promotion to the lath 'Yoe. u.l • C.tptain Cathcart, upon his promotion. . His iviAsosTx gave auditnces to the Duße of PonTlANn;auct the rests'of-'the Cabinet Ministers present ; also. to Mr. RYDER, as Judge-Advocate, who laid. before His MAJESTY the proceedings of Coiirls Martial. About His MA- . .a ESTY Set Of on his return to Windsor. Yesterday being St. AntlreW's Day, all those at Court who are members of the distinguished Orders, wore their collars.. INDIA liousE.L—Yesterday a Court. of,iiireoers wa., held, when the 'under-mentioned Commanders fqi.,k leave of the Court :previi)us to departing for their respeaive destinations, viz:—Capt. T. LAtt Warren Hastings, Beagal . aad . China; Capt W.' DONALDSON; Nepi/i/le, end Capr. J', KIRKPA TRICK, kie)try Addington, Bombay and China.— Captrin EDWARD RALSTON. NUS sworn, lipto the Command of the Ship Princess Amelia., consigned to China direct. The Court adjourned at siK o'clock till this day. • . . Yesterday. being St Andr-em's Day, ilte Royal S'ociety . held their Atniver,ary Meeting at their apartments in Somerset Place ;. when 'the Presiderit, the Right Hon. Sir J,osErkt BANKS, Bart. K. B. iti the name of the Society; preiented 'l4le Gold. Medal (called. Sir GODFREy WttA.lot, 1 Ii.NT7 D. for his trarions Paper= cciminutticaied to the ° Society, atid printed in the • PhicosophiCal sataioos. ,Afterwards, the Society proceeded to the Choice ofilie 'Council - and' Offiter - fii - f thynktiiiir77, when, .on examining the ballot,l it :appeared that the., . Plowing Gentlemen were elected of the Council. OF TICE OLD COUNCIL —rile•ltight Hon. Sir Joseph 'Banks, Bart. K. B. Sir Charles.tlagdeii, Knt.._llenry Ca. vertaisti, E:sl.l-ttamphiey DavV, rsq. lohn Gillis, LL. D. kigh 4 t Hon. Charles Greville, William Nrarsden, Esq. Rev. Nevel. Nlaskelyne, D. D. George Eatl of Moretdiv, .John Rennie,. Esq. William Hyde Wollaston, M.:D.. llitviie New CouNciL.:--Eikvard Ash, M. D.. •fredt. rick .Augustus Barnard, Esq. Blaekburne, Esq. Samuel Goodenough, Lord Bishop i.f Carlisle, Thomas Earl - of Chi-. chester, Henry Htigh Hoare, Esq. Sir Richard Colt Hoare,, Ban. lohn Lord Selsey, - William Sotheby, Esq - Sir. Bohn • Thomas Stanley, Ban. , • And the Ovircalts were—The Right 116 n. Sirloseph Banks, Bart K. B. President; •William Marsden, 1...5q. .Treasurer; William Hyde ‘Vollaston, M. D. and Humpliry Davy, Esq. Secretaries. _ Afterwards the Members of: the society dined to ,. 'get her, as•usual, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern in the Strand. By a letter from Teneritk, of the leth of 061ober, We learn, that the people ;of, the island of . Grand Canary have shut their - ports against their Teneriffe ,neighbours, and haVe sent Deputies to Spain to re present that their island is the capital of the Cana ries, and-that the Supreme Government should ,he there. This probably gave rise .to the paragraph which.appeared some time ago in the _papers, star ing, that there still existed a French party in those t ,„ islands ; that, however, is nut the case, the inhabi- . tents of the Canaries have at all times, and in every situation, sliewn themselves ,an attached and loyal people. When accounts were received at Teneritfe, of what was going on in Spain, the Lieutenant-Go vernor, O'DONNELL, with a loyalty that does him much honour, immediately took such measures, that whatever,turn affairs might- eventually take in the mother country,_ the Canary' Islands should, at all .events, assert their rights and. declare for their law ful 'SoVereign FEREOINANi): the Vlltle' This aelive rand manly condual on this eccasion gained , him not only the confidence of the garrison of Santa Cruz,, but also of all rankS of people in the island, 'and es,. peCially . of that worthy and conspicuous patridtic chara6ter, .the Marquis VILLANUEVA DEL PtuDo.--- A soon after arrived at Grand Canary, pre tending to come froM Spain:; but which, in reality, -wAs one of the advice boats dispatched -by JOSEPH i BUONAPARTE, from Bayonne, for the several Spa nish . Colonies, enjoining andgiving directions to all Governors; Magi , trateS, arc. '&e. that he should be proclaimed and acknowledged., These orders, how,- ever, met with no other reception than merited cotf tempt-and derision. Under such circumstances a Supreme Junta was established, with the Marquis VILLANUEVA, DEL PaAno, as President. Very soon afterwards, the Governor-General, Marquis CASH CAGIOAL, was put under arrest, and he is now a close prisoner, no a strong suspicion of being of the party. of JOSEPH NAPOLEON, and carrying on a cor respondence with his -Ministers.' The Lieutenant ' Governor was then appointed Commander in Chief, though only 36 years of age ; .and this, as well as every other measure taken by the Supreme Junta of the Islands, has been subsequently copfirthed.by the Supreme. Junta of Seville; and . its authority has been declared so extensive, that even the Bishop is made subordinate to it, and they are acknowledged to. have a vote in the Cortes. . Major General O'DoNNELL's father was horn Ireland, and served as an Officer in the Spanish army. He. has four brothers at present Officers in different regiments in Spain; - and it is worthy of notice, thit all of them have distinguished . themselves in the late glorious achievements of the Patriots, and have been par ticularly mentioned - hy their respeEtive Generals . in. Official Letters :teethe Supreme Junta of -Seville, so , that the General may be said to be of a real mill tary'faniily; VEsietts, whois come, or coming over, as prin cipal 'dancer this season :at the King's ?:Iteatre, is the son of the yotinger NrEsTats, Who proved so attraEtive in .Ellgland.. AIWA 18 years, -ago, and grandson of the elder VF:s'rttrs,.who brought out the celebrated Ballet .ofilledecert.jaso2t.,,Aol was diSlll3- guished . in Paris by the appellation of le Dieu de Dance. - Siti . thCITARD HlLL—This tally respetqable Ba , ronet died on Monday last at his seat at Hawkstone, in ShropShire. He liadreached the 70th year of his age, and the chief part of his life had been employed in ads of benevolence: He was for many years one -of the Representative§ of the County, and formerly used often to speak l-',lfiiament, never rising but to suggest or to prolmte sorne'Objed of publie . thing that he Uttered was marked by good sense, 'observation, 'knowledge of the world,- apd sincere patriotism There was; , however, some thing pecUliar in his manner, 'and his , mind having a strong bias towards religion, he frequently mingled passages front 'scripture in his dictourses, which sub • jedeki 4,iti) to the ridicule: of those whose disposi tions were less serious. But the known reditude and benignity of Sir- Rion/kitty's chardter always seemed for him ;the attention. and respeatof Parlia :, met - s it. In private life he was always accessible, al . ways attentive to the calls of disiress, but while ha readily imparted assistance he never lost sight anti-_ lity, and endeavoured to render his benevolence a 'stimulus to industry and prudence, which Were, al ways sure of encouragement and reward. The poor, therefore, have lost an aulightened as well as a gener ous patron, though it is'to be hoped that the example of his virtues will have due influence among the wealthy in his neighbourhood, particularly as his name was never mentioned without resped, esteem, andiri'titUde. His seat at Hawkstone was a strik ina, proof of his taste and judgment, as well as of a his benevolence, for by his continual endea- , IlOiars to improve the beauties' of the place, he af forded continual cin,Aoyment to -those 'who were more• disposed to work than to and his house and grOtinds became o:a3 of the Must - attractive or nameats of this Century. His scond brother, now Sir JonN-Hro:, .stareeedi t bls'-iitleS and estates, and tipiliA family ar - esdAnio cliOitiguishect - by a Pliaptiilik,andrationaloppreprialion of their wealt I 4 hqt ,o4o!r ItICIiARD . • is d ee ply.. Tffer4ol4lC,s tPAIL vglue4 of his he;r. , SPANISH PAPERS, • CORUNNA, Nov.. 23.—Our army,. immediate ly after its organization; marched• to the defence of .t he country, and occupied the heights of Reinosa, : from -whence I advanced, under continual fighting, Tint o Biscay, and took \post :three leagues from Du rango. The evolutions of our army, attrated the at- - tenticttret - ite - Entttly, -- wittr al ratted pur - ttdaps - irr the abovc'tosition ; and, from his vast superiority in number, compelled them to fall back to Valmaseda; as we have already published. Since the 3 t st of last month, when that retrograde movement was performed, we ha'e not ;received any official accounts ; but Mt. BRODRICK, General in 'the British Service, has received an Express from thd following intcalience• 1 • "On the s th General BLAKE attacked the French'. : defeated and pursued tern beyond Valmaseda and .• Urrafia. On the 7th General BLAKE attacked the army in Guenas; and moved farther on ; but the centre of his army not: having kept pace with the wings, he assumed the position of Valmaseda. On the, Bth his .rear was engaged. On the loth the .enemy 'attacked our army in EspitiOsa, with double its strength. • The aeliOn lasted frorwone o'clock in the aftelnoon -till fallat•niLht,--and-retnained unde cided,. or rather in our•favour. • •‘' ‘•-• • • ". On the 11th the enemy renewed tbe attack,: and having occupied the.road by which we were to retreat, - part - of our army .began to be dispersed.— ! On the I'2 tit General &Aka .retreated to Reinosa, to rally his army. .In this position he was ,again Qttacked by the enemy, with fresh and 'superio r forces, and our - army fell back to a• valley in the vi-- , cinity of St: Andero." . The Officer who communicates this intelligenc speaks in terms of the highest . praise. of our: troops, and their worthy Commander; they fought seven Successive severe., attions, # and a stronger proof than this cannot pOssibly be given of their per Severing valour. Although- the Supreme Council of this kingdom' makes no doubt but that our Army, after it shall have completely rallied,, will again attach` and pursue ftie_eiletny,a c9lunib. of frbm 7 to 8000 men having already aitually pene trated into, the Plain of ReinOsa by the way Of Burgos, in order to prevent any accident that might happen, orders have been given immediately to fortify the point of Sanibria. The Marquis VAL LADAAES is also to march to the frontiers w,th all the troops found in this Province, and an Army of Reserve is to be immediately forthed,, which is to join the troops of his Britannic Majesty, who are destined for Abe defence of this century. _ The s'ibscription which - .has been set on foot in this place for the benefit of the English women who follow the army, this day - amounts to. 1000 rials. • , „ QcT. 27.—Capt.-General VII;Es has trans mitted to, this place the pleasing intelligence that 4000 troops are to be diseuibarkect here, who are coming from Majorca. ' The Convent of St. Francisco is now full of can not), mortars, .and howitzers, and . a considerable bomber of 24pounders are in the licntler; we have also plenty of provisions, ' and above all 'of * money. VALENTIA, NOV..,Bo—liVe learn by letters from Catalopia r that his _Excellency Don . MAI , ZUEL DE VIVES has removed his head-quarters from Villa franCa to Mature], three . leagues - from Barcelona, and that 4090 of our troops, and some English, have entered Rosas. . His Exeellehey Don VENTURA ESCALANTE, Cap, tain-General of Granada, has been appoinced a Mem ber of the Committee of •War; and the division:of 9000 men, destined for the Army of .Castile, is also to march to Catalonia, under the orders ',Of General REDING. CoRuNNA, Nov. Officer of who left Iteinosa on the Bth, and has just arrived, states, that our loss in the.a6tion of Sorno4a amounts in the wild& to 400 inen. ' • ARANJ6E ' i, - iSlov: 2.—The.Maiiir-Getleral Count BELVEDER has transmitted the following 'dispatch to the Count DE FLORIDA BLANCA, from Lerma, dated the loth instant. " MOST SERENE • Since I arrived at Burgos I have .been twice at tacked by the enemy, and have twice repulsed him; but to-day, after haying sustained a fire of l 3 hours, be at tacked me with.doublelorce,. especially cavalry, of whom there were,- I imagine 3000, and at. least . 6000 infantry. Though my troops sustained the. shock with great valour during all that time, they could not resist the enemy's eavairy; and I saw my self obliged to retire . to. Lerma,. and froth thence, shall . proceed to Aranda; to re-unite my army.--: Th • 'Major-General Don JUAN "DE ftENISTIZOSA, w ho commanded in the a&ion, a6ted with the %;a-T, our and' honour which is well kfiown to the whole ; -• ar:lny• • , e '4lll send to your Hiqlmess by an Officer, a oil-cinnstailtial 'Account of the a6tion, as soon as it an be obtainel. The Volunteers of Sarerta, af Valencia, and the first battalion of the infantry' - Truscall, and' the provincial infantry of Bad' z ' had not arrived at Burgos, and consequently I ca n ' with those corps, take a firm poiition at Urandle• I am informed that the Enemy is following rile only- in a small number ; but as I suspec t he Will _pstspeipe to-rrsorrow, I am now_,.( teu at nigh- 4 ) leaving this place. I yesterday received advices-fro'll Lieutenautl-General Dots JoAcatm 13;.A,KE, C 1 th e ....... apprehensions he, entertained of, being attacked d 10 - day,which the precautions he ha d taken, and the is , ' • 3 positions -he .had. made, prevented. . t . " God preserve your Excellency many years. The Supreme Junta of the Government, which' to avoid aay . unfortunate accident, bad presionq • adopted the most prudent measures, by Ser' d " Major - ing the division of Etrernadura under General Don JoSEF HESDRA , and giving exp ress notice to all the Generals on the right, in order tb 3t they might". continue . their Movements , has to- doy 'given the strifftest orders that a most pnwerf al rein' ,forcement shall-be sent to the said ditiision , well poi"' vided with artillery, ammunition , an d ' provisi°lls ' yas also, that Nidiatever assistance m n may be - ecess al l .shall be sent to the other Generals of , the t. rte - Hence we•bave firmly.iounded hope that tlie.e been a ' • my, far from having cause to boast of ha ving 1 1 '9 , able to advance to Burgosot/ill b e ' Punished:for as ' s ' " I serted by some -Accounts from . the frontiers, tll the. Emperor of .the French wishes, to be a °- ness of the condo& of his Generals and troos. .._ , temerity and prestimption.; 3t and if it be tru e, in Spain, it is also to be hoped that the bray° de; fenders of their country will aspire -tO tfie.glo,9!—e--": 37 obliging him to fly with the same P re CiPitati oll they forced his brother JOSEPH t o abandon th 6 Throne and Court which he So vainly in - IL/gi lled that he had usurped. i . [ FRO* THE MADRID:GA-zextTe_TrnElJiot. i s.st:ae. 6 6 \ 13 ; l o b a p, e t s i e dr very ,aild ' a r t e id af . i , n . te , r . est taken by ceanucsee Portugal o f ~..epii. iniquitous ever ier i ii :h ou e tri T ot j o h u tbuo e s es t a g l l tyrant of Europe,hel‘cle°incriallibh9onrr .BUONAPARTEO (a find. Spain in P of g ' . ; : sCsaUpcl Spanish. en r di , s ought Ibondsl . ittand e x ecration) ' • of • grateful for the genet— tfo ty • that noble people, who breathe only - • t s a . sentiments oot .. , .. . seem as if their whole i host • centred in uniting with us in the str - d• t and •„ • ship. Spain is the [lathe which is d' t pronounce , „AO perfea athlieialnEcns-alins'idi fiicilatil;; the greatest pleasure and satisfaelion in all the . cl r i ; r of London. Spain is the. objeet of their arc- % wishes, and the Spariish arrriy_oedupies the first Pa nt soldiers 'who have itr. their cares and anxieties, and in their an" d l ° .,, ll l l succours of every description. Those braVe Evg''' c i, • O . br d n o t i: glory in the fields. of. Lourinha, C3ld3s'.. positions which. ale) ! ve acquired so Lucien re ;0011.1:0 .V liera, and everyof - rr a i by ( 1,5 "`" €' 44 the French Columns, soperiOr both top °.itit (3 intreid English, who 'have killea,' p ar t ro rtu b , occUP.e. -- r mid numbers,. and prostrate at their feet," the , haughty Freud) . Ge ne ,pound rHEBAULT, LABOIADE, LO-ISON, KELT,EIOIAS' ITO, VIER, and even the prnended Duke of AD3‘'..` st ill the -conceited-J-urzor --nevertherless, -real: 41000 unsatisfied with their g l o rious victories, unless. .by come to reapfresh . laurels in the fields of SP 3 ' n ' the side of their friends and companions in ar r . lls. .., fl iC Lite troops in the dominions of his Britai.orc, Majesty *ere also anxious to acquire equ al 5 : v eid and earnestly solicited that they should be coill e i,, o d to our peninsula, at present the seat of .honou r ' i ris .. vietory. As they arrive at Corunna, they l ' ul leir embark and proceed, without delay, to,-joi n t '• t h i .l t gratitude which they o we for such distittgtvsA beloved Spaniards. The latter; duly alive to . h . ed favours, promptly go' to meet' these brave 3P5e honourable guests (differing extrernely'r from t" o f infamous • traitors, who, tinder the' colour of , a cren r; friendship, atrociously profaned the',most rights); and , receive them with all the tokens o. c? cl ., diality , and respect which they merit, and sl i ri . c . their bests feel glad and happy that they ho' ll “ - s ~. a cept• BADAJOZ is justly proud of having h t ,4 0 0 honour of administering hospitality the ill ‘„t to tv. ;, o ' 4 • conquerors of JuNOT :;, and their entrance - i ' t t i vi ty city was .to all its inhabitants an occasion f, ' ' es t • o ur and joy. i Corunna celebrales the arriva l ° d re • friends, the English, with entertainments '° Ll I pift Joicings, and - receives, treats, and honours tili,3o with the warmest and most tender regard s ' ' 3l), other 'towns of Galicia, which . they pass thr °u ° , l 9 give them eval proofs of affettion, and Madrid ',O with anxiety for their arrival, in order lo PaY t ,, 1 m o re the same reSpett and attention. All this is no " t .„ than was to be expeded. .Spaniards could notl°oll acted otherwise. Their noble character is know n • ... pt•o 1) , Call f , s , . over the world, and their • lit , dour , gr 3"- tude, And other virtues, are every where held iv g• le timation : and was it possible- t hat sucha _ FOP ; should not chew themselves grateful to their trien°; ' England, whose scrupulous at tention to every -Ini'll',' conneeted with the most just war wherein we arc ,ec gaged, has been carried so far as:to cause :1 17 2 ,„ Inquiry to be instituted into the eencivat of th 0 nerals Who negociakd the ;Treaty for the evaeuall°_, of. Portugal ?—a most wise and pi-tident areas.er.vr, inasmuch as the Council of War will decide! wh,eti"ecoc under all the .ClI'CUMSt'dliCeS, SUCH a!t J0•t0,,_.,,-'lll,l, . should,. or should nut,- have been concluded. .I N . ) ` l . O . while, and without waiting for the issue of thi'' .. l ,, e ir Cesi, those gallant English soldiers energy and intrepidity coo ipelied JUN.OT ti) 11" corona`'' • and also' those whO have disembarked at .1 _,, t ,,, are . marching i..tpidlii,i'4iia with inexpressible 013_cr.", .; ii 'to. join the •Spanish : warriors, and to take n s l o ° o the : the gloriouirchterpriseof eXpelling from -Our • bole who by , : der , :barbarous sal(ellifes and Perfidious instrnolcP" Set :o,-.pressor of • the Contc. l ent,. ,he fvi seirea, 13t ~' ,rotEoN." - ' ::: ' . .. , . .. ' • 7=7.77'7 . ' 'll ak i 1 r ..Ti e Grand Jury have thrown, out ti e/3 j a Miss Piece', ' which '.was y esterday • Tr'. (errs ' • Ci•• • • - ' • • erl• enweli bkf:ssiolts HolaSe . . - ,